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My coaching programmes deliver a 17.4% increase in validated wellbeing scores; peer-review published in BMJ Leader & Public Health. |

At this level, no two challenges are identical. This Partnership is fully flexible, time-effective, and responsive to the extreme political pressures of global health. The 54-hour structure is an illustrative starting point; our work is a co-created, high-intensity Partnership tailored to your specific global agenda – from navigating architecture reform to specialised Interview Consultancy for member-state-elected roles.
I provide the psychological containment needed to maintain scientific rigour while negotiating the culture and geopolitical divisiveness of multilateralism.
Global health leaders face intense scrutiny, challenge and pressure as they navigate architecture reform, cope with substantial, interconnected, complex population health issues, and lead in the context of climate and financial pressures, rapid technological change, changing geo-political forces, cumbersome administrations, and complex multi-lateral partnerships.
I provide the evidence-based coaching psychology to ensure you don’t just survive the role, but ‘right the ship’.
Grounded in professional ethics, this partnership provides a confidential space to explore system fragility and the ethical dilemmas of global health diplomacy under intense international scrutiny.
Perhaps you are:
You need someone who understands the weight of your role, and can provide psychological containment and support.
This partnership is grounded in coaching psychology, adult development theory, and Fiona’s real-world experience as a medical and public health leader.

The Global Health Leader Partnership is best for leaders at WHO, and in global roles navigating extreme political complexity.
Global Leadership Authority: With 30 years of experience in population health and a decade coaching the world’s most senior health leaders, I understand the unique weight of carrying global responsibilities.
Evidence-Based Impact: My coaching partnerships deliver a 17.4% increase in validated wellbeing scores, with results peer-review published in BMJ Leader.
Your International Peer: I provide a safe, psychologically informed space for Directors-General and international health leaders to navigate multi-lateral partnerships, architecture reform, and extreme political pressure as a peer specialising in improving population health.
I am a peer in our relationship, guided by values of partnership, expertise, and compassion.
Together we will:
Enable you to be fully present and focused when at work, and to recover from work quicky and effectively.
Become more open, aware and expansive in your leadership, taking skilful action in line with your values.
Take control of the next step in your career while focusing on performing at your best in your current role.
Gain compassion and empathy for those whom you find challenging, set and maintain boundaries, be able to take better care of yourself and your teams.
Combine your technical and leadership skills to ensure a positive impact on health outcomes at international and multi-lateral levels through your teams, organisation, and multi-lateral partners.
Fiona is highly recommended. Her approach is collaborative, open and flexible, and provided the time, space, and focus that I needed to define my plans and set them in motion! After working with Fiona, I can’t wait for it all to unfold.
What I liked best about working with Fiona is the personalised and strategic approach. She has a unique blend of expertise, empathy, and effective communication that creates a conducive environment for growth and self-discovery.
I was very pleased with the work done by Fiona during our coaching sessions. She was very empathic and demonstrated both an excellent knowledge of the feelings and psychological pressure we go through and how to put things into perspective. The exercises and the analysis she did were great to equip me with tangible tools.
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My Foundational Layer to every partnership ensures your experience is a confidential, safe space grounded in professional ethics (EMCC & BPS). As a specialist in medical and public health careers, wellbeing and leadership, I bring a psychologically-informed, integrated biopsychosocial approach – incorporating cognitive-behavioural and neuroscience techniques – to help health leaders manage extreme pressure and navigate complex system change. Because I am qualified as a medical and public health specialist peer, I understand the unique professional world of senior clinicians and public health leaders, ensuring our work together is both practical and world-class.
My approach ensures every one of my 500+ senior health leadership clients is underpinned by the same 17.4% proven outcome published in BMJ Leader.
While every Partnership shares the same time-effective, ethical and scientific foundations, the depth and duration of our work are determined by your unique needs.
Use the guide below as an illustrative starting point; during our Consultation, we will co-design the exact intensity and scope required to match your specific professional context.
| The Focused Health Leader Partnership | The Strategic Health Leader Partnership |
The Global Health Leader Partnership
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| Primary Goal | Immediate impact for specific challenges | Long-term impact and sustained leadership | Global responsibility under extreme pressure |
| Duration & Intensity | 9 hours over 6 months, use hours as needed | 18 hours per 12 months, use hours as needed | Up to 54 hours per 12+ months, use hours as needed |
| Session Duration Flexibility | Fixed 90-minute sessions | Flexible duration every session (30–90 minutes) | Fully flexible session lengths (30–180 mins), from rapid crisis support to deep-dive strategy |
| Rescheduling Flexibility | 48 hours' notice to reschedule | No notice required to reschedule | No notice required to reschedule |
| Priority Access & Crisis Support | No | Yes | Yes |
| Bespoke Learning Resources | No | Academically referenced resources | Academically referenced resources |
| Annual Leadership 360° Assessment | Available (TLQ / Real World Leader) | Yes (TLQ plus optional stakeholder interviews) | Yes (TLQ plus optional stakeholder interviews) |
| Exclusive Masterclasses & Strategy Days | No | No | Personalised masterclasses & quarterly strategy sessions |
| Proven Wellbeing Outcomes | +17.4% | +17.4% | +17.4% |
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The Focused Health Leader Partnership
Immediate impact for specific challenges
The Strategic Health Leader Partnership
Long-term impact and sustained leadership
The Global Health Leader Partnership
Global responsibility under extreme pressure
The next step is to contact me directly by email or book in a Confidential Consultation together.
Investment varies, depending on scope, intensity of support, and organisational complexity.
A tailored Statement of Work will be agreed following consultation.
Yes. There is no set programme or content. Availability, responsiveness, and scope of support are agreed in advance and set out clearly in the Statement of Work.
Yes. This Partnership is for the world’s most senior health leaders
Yes. As well as taking care of your wellbeing, resilience and longer term career plans, I will help you to excel at all areas of your role. This includes: vision and strategy alignment with constitutional and stakeholders’ needs; leadership and management of large complex organisations; organisational representation and advocacy at the centre of global agendas; policy and advice to global bodies; implementation of strategies and programmes; and governance.
I am a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, this is the highest level of award that a psychologist in the UK can attain. I am not a clinician, rather I am an expert in coaching psychology and specifically regarding the workplace. This includes: leadership; performance; interpersonal communication; the psychology of work and motivation; career psychology; as well as self-care and emotional regulation at work.
Yes. A recent systematic umbrella review found that leadership development courses overlook the personal self-awareness needed for success as a senior public health or medical leader. This self-awareness is best achieved through a highly confidential and trusted coaching partnership based on the theory and practice of coaching psychology. The positive impact of my work has been published in peer reviewed journals including the British Medical Journal, BMJ Leader.
I am a very experienced educator and trainer, and can ensure that you are fully up to date with the latest psychological theory and evidence base relating to leadership, careers and wellbeing at work. These will be designed around your needs and delivered in a 1:1 format. As well as the work we do in coaching sessions, I will help you develop the crucial public health and medical leadership skills needed for your professional success.
Yes, absolutely. Adults learn best by doing. The Partnership is based on initial and ongoing needs assessments using validated psychometrics and ensures a truly bespoke, unique, customised to fit your personal and professional needs, which is flexible and responsive to whatever you have to deal with in your highly dynamic, high-stakes environment.
Yes. As a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, all my work is evidence-based and grounded in the latest psychological theory of leadership, wellbeing and careers, including cognitive-behavioural, adult development, and leadership psychology theories. This approach ensures you are able to achieve your professional goals and responsibilities.
I am absolutely a peer in our relationship. I take a deeply committed, genuine interest in you and your work. I provide an exemplary professional partnership, with high support and high challenge in a personalised relationship. My qualifications, skills and experience are globally unique and world-leading, and enable me to meet you as a peer in your own global health leadership career. I bring my whole self to each moment with you, guided by my longstanding values of partnership, expertise, curiosity, compassion, empowerment, and being present.
I am wholeheartedly committed to improving health outcomes at scale and reducing health inequalities, and have spent three decades improving population health. Over the last ten years of working independently, I have gained the skills and professional competence required to provide a trusted partnership to the world’s most senior health leaders. I support and develop outstanding medical and public health leaders who are able to thrive in complexity and chaos, bring clarity and compassion to those they serve, and to take care of themselves in order to enable their own best work.
Yes. I fully understand how high the stakes are for senior health leaders globally, and the potential for adverse reputational risk. Discretion and confidentiality are absolutely at the heart of my professional practice. The only exceptions are where there are safeguarding concerns, or concerns about illegal activity. Please see my privacy and confidentiality policy for more information.
I mainly work on a 1:1 basis with a small number of senior leaders at any time to provide a high-intensity, excellent quality service. This means I am able to be fully present and provide responsive, world-class support. I deliver a small amount of group-based training and development but the majority of my work is supporting very senior health leaders to be effective in extreme complexity, dynamic and often chaotic environments.
Yes. Coaching for doctors of medicine and public health leaders is emerging as the most effective method of leadership development, and is the only evidence-based method which can respond to the dynamic context you lead in. The impacts are sustained because you will learn evidence-based approaches to enhance your performance, self care and career planning as a global health leader.
It is suitable for the world’s most senior doctors, medical, public health, global health leaders, and healthcare leaders who are working in extreme complexity and highly volatile political environments.
Typical participants are working in national Ministries of Health, or are senior leaders in international, regional, or multi-lateral global health roles.
This includes:
United Nations Agencies & Intergovernmental Organisations
Organisations which are primarily funded by member states and operate under formal international agreements and their regional offices, including:
Public-Private Partnerships & Global Initiatives
“Hybrid” multilateral organisations which combine government resources with private-sector funding and non-governmental expertise, including:
Regional Multilateral Organisations
Bodies which co-ordinate health policies within specific geographic regions, including:
Not-for-profit Global Health Organisations including:
Disease Prevention & Treatment
Health Systems & Community Support
Specialised & Maternal Health Organisations
Child Welfare
Poverty Alleviation & Sustainable Development
Human Rights & Justice Organisations
As well as The Global Health Leader Partnership, I also offer leadership and career coaching Partnerships for medical and public health leaders:
The Focused Health Leader Coaching Partnership –Career clarity and leadership support for health leaders – under 6 months
The Strategic Health Leader Coaching Partnership – A strategic partnership to support health leaders in ongoing complexity – 12 months plus
Under 6 Months
12 Months +
12 Months +
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